Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Barbershops in Saluda County, SC
How Saluda County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On personal care products and services · $765 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,680
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 barbershops in Saluda County. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
At $765 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Saluda County spend about $5.9M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 2 barbershops, that is $2.9M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Saluda County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Saluda County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 barbershops on map listings, Saluda County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Saluda County compares
The same measures for South Carolina and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Saluda County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $1.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,612 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $765 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,009 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Saluda County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Saluda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,680+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,670
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $51,009+11.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,200
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,321
- Daytime population
- 16,117Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, SC | 72 | 57 | 5.0 | $2M | +8.1% | #192 of 1,356 |
| 2Lancaster County, SC | 71 | 16 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +18.3% | #211 of 1,356 |
| 3Kershaw County, SC | 67 | 9 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +11.6% | #290 of 1,356 |
| 4Lexington County, SC | 65 | 61 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #347 of 1,356 |
| 5Spartanburg County, SC | 61 | 68 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +15.6% | #435 of 1,356 |
| 6Dorchester County, SC | 58 | 32 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +10.1% | #498 of 1,356 |
| 7Anderson County, SC | 58 | 42 | 5.0 | $1.7M | +7.7% | #501 of 1,356 |
| 8Horry County, SC | 57 | 72 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +20.9% | #528 of 1,356 |
| 9Cherokee County, SC | 54 | 6 | 2.7 | $2.7M | +3.7% | #588 of 1,356 |
| 10Berkeley County, SC | 54 | 52 | 5.5 | $1.7M | +18.7% | #605 of 1,356 |
| Saluda County, SC | Not scored | 2 | 2.6 | $2.9M | +4.1% |
Other business types in Saluda County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Saluda County, SC?
Saluda County has 2 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Saluda County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Saluda County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.9M a year, or $765 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,670 households in Saluda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saluda County, SC compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Saluda County has 2 barbershops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Saluda County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Saluda County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Saluda County at 19,680 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,670 households. Median household income in Saluda County is $51,009, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.6%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Saluda County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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